jerky and other dehydrated foods

just got a dehydrator and have been making jerky with the stock spices but i'm looking for some recipes I can mix up myself. If you have em I want em. This thing is awesome btw if you don't have one. Best jerky I have ever hard bar none, nothing else is even close and I have tried a lot.

also have been thinking of making some banana chips, apple chips, etc... How long can those keep for? my dehydrator has 6 trays and I can make about 3 lbs of sliced jerky at a time. Was thinking about loading it up with fruit and sealing it up in mylar with an oxygen eater then throwing it in the car and taking a few into work etc... Do I need to prep that prior to dehydrating?

Approximately how long does it take to dehydrate product? My bro bought some special trays and would just use the oven with the door propped open slightly, and agreed home made jerky is fkin 10x better than from store.

Approximately how long does it take to dehydrate product? My bro bought some special trays and would just use the oven with the door propped open slightly, and agreed home made jerky is fkin 10x better than from store.

I've only done skillet steak so far but 5-6 hours depending on how you want it. Over 6 hours at 160 degree it will start to get a little brittle.

Best jerky recipe is salt, pepper, and meat but it's gotta be dried out over smoke. Not sure on the dehydrator I tried jerky in there but too way too long and never was done properly so I just hang them from the rack in the stove now and put it on the lowest setting and leave the door open. I tried banana chips in the dehydrator and left them overnight and they were still gooey and stuck to the racks, nothing like the commercial stuff you buy (the commercial stuff is coated with something too).

it doesn't make sense to me that an oven would dry it faster, you are still going to be putting the device to the same temperature.

Yeah and you would think the dehydrator would have better air flow and work more efficiently too. Try a batch each way and see, the oven was like half the time and dried more evenly whereas I still had moist spots in the dehydrator hours later. Maybe I just have a crappy dehydrator...

Yeah and you would think the dehydrator would have better air flow and work more efficiently too. Try a batch each way and see, the oven was like half the time and dried more evenly whereas I still had moist spots in the dehydrator hours later. Maybe I just have a crappy dehydrator...

When I tryed the oven compared to dehydrator it seemed like it was too done on the outside and moist in the middle. Im sure my heat settings werent great but I just like to throw it in the dehydrator and go.

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Im pretty sure making your own jerky is in the man code. Kinda like riverboat gambling trips

well its a little late in the season for me to go scoop up a dead deer off the side of the highway now!

no rofl hunting in NJ + i dont have a hunting permit nor a vehicle to transport the deer =/
i figure i could gut it etc but much more than that id be going in blind+w how much butchers cost from wut ive heard...no me gusta

well its a little late in the season for me to go scoop up a dead deer off the side of the highway now!

no rofl hunting in NJ + i dont have a hunting permit nor a vehicle to transport the deer =/
i figure i could gut it etc but much more than that id be going in blind+w how much butchers cost from wut ive heard...no me gusta

If your just making burger then hell there aint nothing to learn. Simple as cutting out meat and launching it in a grinder, you dont have to know what cut is what it dont matter if you grind it all up.

or just go buy the cheapest burger you can find and dehydrate that ****.

If your just making burger then hell there aint nothing to learn. Simple as cutting out meat and launching it in a grinder, you dont have to know what cut is what it dont matter if you grind it all up.

or just go buy the cheapest burger you can find and dehydrate that ****.

im a bum. paypal to one of ya'll seems easier

Originally Posted by jafomofo

i would but i assume, like most things, it was illegal in jersey.

or

i would but you must be at least 5'8 to consume this jerky.

or

well you get the idea

you are one cheeky kunt m8...im really like 5'6 3/4s so w shoes im probably 5'8...GET DOWN ON MY LEVEL CUHHHHZZZZZZzZ

i have to check the local laws before i leave my house every morning...almost srs...brb no bayonet lug, ohhhh scary ya'll hear about that drive-by bayonetting that happened the other day mane?

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